R.M.S.Titanic

R.M.S. Titanic
by
Rodney Charman
At Noon on Wednesday, 10th April 1912, the White Star liner R.M.S. Titanic cast her lines from the White Star Dock,Southampton and began what was to become the most famous maiden voyage in history.
With Captain Edward J. Smith on the bridge and towed by the tug 'Neptune', assisted the tugs 'Hercules', 'Albert Edward', 'Hector', "Ajax" and 'Vulcan', the huge liner was maneuvered into the River Test.
On the left of the painting are the White Star liner 'Majestic', and the American Line steamers 'Philadelphia' and 'St. Louis', each in its day the greatest liner in the world, now dwarfed by the enormous 'Titanic'. The three liners had had their voyages canceled due to a coal strike, and their coal and many of their crew were transferred to the 'Titanic'. In the background can be seen the Southwestern Hotel where many of the passengers stayed on the eve of the voyage.
Built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast the 45,000 ton Titanic was considered the most advanced vessel of her time and believed to be unsinkable, Two hours after being ripped open by as iceberg the Titanic slowly but surely began to slip below the surface of the Atlantic with a loss of nearly 1,500 passengers and crew, the biggest maritime disaster in peacetime.

Every print is signed by the artist and
Millvina Dean—The sole British survivor of the Titanic